Foods and beverages: apparatus – Beverage – Infusors
Patent
1989-11-27
1991-04-16
Jenkins, Robert W.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Beverage
Infusors
99289R, A47J 3142
Patent
active
050073338
ABSTRACT:
An automatic coffee machine, in particular for the preparation of individual cups and small pots, is equipped with an instantaneous water heater (1) for the preparation of hot water, an installation for the feeding of coffee powder and a brewing device incorporating a brewing chamber (17) consisting of a stationary tube section (11) with vertical axis (12) and two locking pieces (15, 16). There is an axial drive (33) for the motion of the upper locking piece (16) in the direction of the axis (12) 0f the tube section (11) and a radial drive (31) for the radial motion in relation to this axis (12). The upper locking piece (16) carries the hot-water inlet into the brewing chamber (17), it consists of two parts, i.e. a supporting piece (67) and an at least partly conical centering piece (68). The centering piece (68) is equipped with only one gasket (28) for the sealing of the brewing chamber (17) on the one hand and the sealing of the hot water inlet on the other hand. The centering piece (68) is accommodated on the supporting piece (67) with both limited axial and radial moveability. The gasket (28) is of such a diameter and is designed in accordance with the upper margin (80) of the tube section (11) in such a way that by actuating the axial drive (33) acting on the supporting piece (67), the gasket (28)--after being centered by the centering piece (68)--will rest on the upper margin (80) functioning as stopper and valve rest. The lower locking piece (15) is of piston-like design and may be moved with its gasket (18) by a vertical drive only within the tube section (11).
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HGZ Maschinenbau AG
Jenkins Robert W.
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